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Native-Speakerism in a Locally Developed Indonesian EFL Textbook: A Critical Discourse Study Kirana, Satwika Nindya; Methitham, Phongsakorn
Journal of English and Education (JEE) Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): VOLUME 8 NO 1 MAY 2022
Publisher : English Education Department, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/jee.v8i1.23063

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The objective of the study is to examine to what extent native- speakerism is embedded in an EFL textbook for senior high school students in Indonesia. Native-speakerism is an ideology that legitimates native speakers as superior models of English. The textbook was developed by local English teachers and supervised and published by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture (Widiati et al., 2017). The study focuses on analyzing critical elements in the passages in the textbooks. Eighteen passages were analyzed qualitatively using a set of guideline questions developed from Fairclough (2001) three dimensions of discourse analysis. The findings show that native-speakerism is the second major ideology after Indonesia-center. It is embedded in four passages. Three passages contain native-speakerism that can be recognized on the sentence level. Another passage, disguised as Indonesia-center, transfers native-speakerism implicitly as it cannot be identified on the sentence level. The findings are presented descriptively with excerpts from the passages followed by an illustrated scenario for each excerpt. Suggestions on how to lessen native-speakerism transfer are presented in conclusion.
Advanced Writing Courses through Online Learning: Thai EFL Learners’ Perception Kirana, Satwika Nindya; Gupta, Yash Munnalal
Journal of English and Education (JEE) Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023): VOLUME 9 NO 1 MAY 2023
Publisher : English Education Department, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/jee.v9i1.28001

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The study aims at analyzing Thai students’ perception as EFL learners on advanced writing courses taught and learned online. The participants are 100 Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University students in Year 3 and 4 majoring in English, English Education, and English for Business Communication. The participants have experienced online writing courses in Research Report Writing, Essay Writing, Creative Writing, and Business Writing subject. The data were collected using a survey and an in-depth interview to 20 of the participants. The results show that the challenges that the students face in learning advanced writing courses online outweigh the advantages. The students’ main problem were the difficulty in comprehending the lessons and the teachers’ explanations as well as the feedback. The second challenge were the poor internet connection. They are problems due to the lack of skills and technical devices. The other problem was due to the more workload in having an online advanced writing courses. And finally the last problem is that online classes make the learners feel alienated, disengaged, and demotivated. Besides the problems faced, the learners admitted that learning advanced writing online provides more flexible time in constructing the pieces of writing and they feel less pressured in writing since the teachers do not supervise them in person.